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There must be trade-offs if we are to get serious about cutting emissions – and phasing out gas appliances is one of the easiest

In the Climate Change Authority’s inaugural annual review of Australia’s emission reduction progress, it warned us: “There are some hard decisions and trade-offs we, as a society and as individuals, need to make together for a successful transition to a net zero economy.”

In many cases it will fall to politicians to make these trade-offs on our behalf and there will be a range of people and industries significantly affected.

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Trains once carried most of our freight. Could a return to rail help us meet our emissions cutting goals? Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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A Texas-based nature-based developer announced an agreement on Monday with a global oil major to develop a programme to revitalise US grasslands.

When it is very windy the grid cannot handle the extra power generated, says Carbon Tracker.

The Brazilian state of Para will launch a public concession on 10,000 hectares of forest by the end of year, expected to generate millions in carbon credits through reforestation, local media reported Monday.

A volcano erupts on the Reykjanes peninsula after weeks of intense earthquake activity.

AVL's electrolyte factory will supply the key element its subsidiary VSUN needs to build vanadium flow batteries.

The post AVL finishes electrolyte factory, no word on when first vanadium flow batteries will be made appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Washington’s Department of Ecology (ECY) announced on Monday plans to update the state’s Clean Fuels Program (CFS) rule to permit sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) pathways for credit generation.

RGGI allowance (RGA) values plateaued over the week, remaining firmly around all-time highs as market players rolled onto 2024 vintage contracts, with participants largely expecting prices to potentially rise in the new year ahead of information from the ongoing programme review.

A major American fossil fuel company announced Monday plans to construct an industrial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility in the Netherlands using new fuel cell technology.

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Australia supported a phase-out of fossil fuels at the recent UN climate summit but is still expanding coal and gas production. It’s a contradiction that threatens the planet. There is a better way. Fergus Green, Lecturer in Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Pine grows faster and sequesters more carbon. But native forest is better for biodiversity in the long run. Transitioning between the two offers a win-win solution. Sebastian Leuzinger, Professor of Environmental Science, Auckland University of Technology Len Gillman, Professor of Biogeography, Auckland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A wildfire detection network operator believes it can assume an important role in forestry carbon by enabling a reduction in the credit buffer pool set aside for wildfires, thereby enabling a project to sell more carbon credits.

The EU may not meet the majority of its climate and environment targets by 2030, contrary to expectations for the bloc's green policies, an EU agency revealed on Monday while the bloc's executive highlighted that extra national efforts were needed. 

A surge in retirement of carbon credits last week set voluntary demand on course to match 2022 levels, while trading volumes were boosted by rock bottom prices for pre-2018 REDD avoided deforestation credits as more onerous disclosure requirements loom.

Dr Gail Bradbrook found guilty of criminal damage to Department for Transport building in 2019

An Extinction Rebellion cofounder was spared jail after causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to a government building.

Gail Bradbrook, 51, was found guilty by a jury of breaking a window in a protest at HS2 at the Department for Transport in October 2019.

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The peer says she was "honest" with the government over contracts for personal protective equipment.

Data also shows only one prosecution and follow-ups on one-third of 10,000 complaints made since January 2022

There has been just one prosecution and three fines handed out for people using banned wood-burning stoves in England, data has revealed.

Despite more than 10,000 complaints about wood being burned in populated areas since January 2022, local councils have not been enforcing the government’s “tough new restrictions” on stoves. Two-thirds of these complaints were not followed up, and only a handful led to any action.

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